first of all and for the record: kate only insta stalked skylar. she was a DIA officer and would never mis-use her credentials to look up someone without good reason, thank you very much.
lucy sometimes has trouble believing how good it’s working between them the second (third?) time around. they both get better at communicating and while it’s not perfect it starts to feel very much like ‘this is it’ for both of them. when that thought first crosses lucy’s mind, one saturday morning in kate’s kitchen getting ready for breakfast after kate’s back from surfing, she stops and stares for a moment. kate looks at her with a smile “what?” - “nothing, just me being very happy.” is lucy’s reply before she gets on her toes to kiss her girlfriend.
the next time they go to kai’s dad’s restaurant hina invites them since she was an instant fan of kate’s and sits with them for a while (she loves a good love story and these two are just adorable)
a few months into their relationship kate gets injured during another joint investigation. jesse feels guilty because he was with her and she gets shot in the knee when she wrestles with their suspect to stop him from taking a shot at jesse. (she ended up overwhelming the bad guy nonetheless) lucy turns white as a sheet when they get the call and jane immediately takes charge and drives them to the hospital. “i’m her partner, like in life,” lucy stumbles through her explanation, “i’m her girlfriend.” no ones blames jesse but he still feels bad and over compensates with more coffee than kate will ever be able to drink during the first few weeks. kate’s knee is a mess and will need months to get better. ernie makes space for her in his lair and she ends up being over quite often to work with or alongside him.
lucy regularly picks her up there to take home or sometimes brings take out and they all have dinner together (usually the rest of the team joins as well so she quickly learns to buy enough for everybody)
there’s another dinner at janes where kai and lucy join later. lucy leans down to kiss kate, who has her banged up knee elevated on the chair across, on the cheek, which makes jane, who kate was walking, to smile into her glass of wine.
during kate’s long recovery lucy stays over more often than not but they shy away from officially moving in together for the longest time. ernie (and jane) are days away from suggesting them to take the plunge when lucy anounces they’ll be having a house warming party later that week.
lucy caressing kate’s knee when they chill on the couch, while she watches tv (she still has some seasons of the great british bake off left) and kate reads a book.
kate does start breaking into a song occasionally, which makes the team laugh and lucy roll her eyes good naturedly, but usually ends with them kissing because lucy is weak and kate a surprisingly good singer.
even when she’s bound to her desk kate is very resourceful and a big part in helping them solve cases. ASAC curtis is impressed, but not surprised, especially by her interrogation techniques. she’s very successful in getting people to spill their beans.
when kate’s knee is finally better jesse and kai ask her to join them for a surf, and are happy to learn that she can more then keep up with them.
a bit later jesse and his wife invite everyone to a day at the beach. kate initially declines in both their names, but Lucy says she can get over herself for an afternoon. spends a lot of time oogling kate and glaring at eveybody else who does, though she does startle when she notices jane among the admirers, but her boss just shrugs her shoulders in a silent non-apology.
they do answer each others phones occasionally. sometimes unintentionally (at night, when lucy reaches over kate and ends up in a very stilted two minute conversation with ASAC curtis, who later just smiles at kate and tells her he’s happy she has a private life, he’s a bit cheesy like that) or intentionally (when kate sees jane calling lucy while she’s still in the shower or is busy trying to prove that she can somewhat cook. jane stays on the phone with them for a while and laughs out loud when lucy finally admits defeat and ask what kate wants to order)
Making Plans Summary: Lucy is brought to a scene by Jane after she gets a call from ASAC Curtis. There had been a take down and Kate… An ambulance is on the way, but it’s bad. While Lucy waits to hear if Kate will make it, she considers their life together.
AN: This is from a prompt I got about Kate being injured on assignment and seeing Noah. It was supposed to be alternating points of view, I know, but I couldn’t make that work. Kate’s point of view would have been confusing due to the impact her injuries are having on her. So, this is Lucy’s point of view. I made it work as best I could! Hope it’s close to what you were looking for.
